Centers of Interest
Organizational Theory.
Economic Sociology.
Interorganizational Networks.
Strategic Management.
Dalhia Mani received a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Sociology Department.
Her research contributes to Organizational heory, Strategy, and Economic Sociology. Current research projects focus on the structure of the alliance, joint venture, and acquisition networks in India and the United States. Her research compares these networks as they evolve over time. She has taught a course on Strategic Management in the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, and has also assisted in courses on Social Theory and Organizations. Her research has received several prestigious awards including a National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Award, and the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Minnesota.
Her dissertation paper won the Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the Sociological Research Institute, University of Minnesota.
Articles:
"On Intersecting Ground: the Changing Structure of U.S. Corporate Networks", Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2011, vol. 1, n° 1, pp. 43-58 (in coll. with D. Knoke).
Chapters in collective books:
"Strategic Alliance Networks: a Review", in Encyclopedia of Social Networks - forthcoming, G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Sage Publications (in coll. with D. Knoke).
Working papers:
"Historical Contingency in the Network Performance Relationship: A Study of the U.S. Alliance and Joint Venture Network from 1990 to 2008", Mimeo.
"Agency and Structure in Networks: Absolute Position versus Incremental Change", Mimeo.
"Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees: The Consequences of Nestedness for Firm Performance", Mimeo.
"Business Groups and Interorganizational Clusters: A Critique and Integrating Framework", Mimeo.
"Atomized, Small, or Nested Worlds: The Hybrid World of the Indian Interorganizational Network.", Mimeo.
Date of arrival at HEC Paris: 2010
Centers of interest
Organizational Theory.
Economic Sociology.
Interorganizational Networks.
Strategic Management.
Research and publications
Articles:
"On Intersecting Ground: the Changing Structure of U.S. Corporate Networks", Social Network Analysis and Mining, 2011, vol. 1, n° 1, pp. 43-58 (in coll. with D. Knoke).
Chapters in collective books:
"Strategic Alliance Networks: a Review", in Encyclopedia of Social Networks - forthcoming, G. A. Barnett (Ed.), Sage Publications (in coll. with D. Knoke).
Working papers:
"Historical Contingency in the Network Performance Relationship: A Study of the U.S. Alliance and Joint Venture Network from 1990 to 2008", Mimeo.
"Agency and Structure in Networks: Absolute Position versus Incremental Change", Mimeo.
"Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees: The Consequences of Nestedness for Firm Performance", Mimeo.
"Business Groups and Interorganizational Clusters: A Critique and Integrating Framework", Mimeo.
"Atomized, Small, or Nested Worlds: The Hybrid World of the Indian Interorganizational Network.", Mimeo.
Main courses taught at HEC
Strategy
CURSUS
2010 Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Minnesota, USA.
2000 M.A. in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Inde.
1998 B.A. in Psychology, Madras University, Inde.
Langues : anglais, indien.
Other academic activities
External academic responsibility:
Teaching Assistant then Instructor, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2003-2010.
Instructor, TA Pai Institute of Management, 2001-1.
Scientific activities
Membership of scientific or professional organisation:
Member, Academy of Management, American Sociological Association, International Network for Social Network Analysis, Strategic Management Society.
Member, Comité consultatif des Nations Unies - Commission pour l'Europe en matière de gestion des risques.
Editorial activities:
Reviewer, Social Network Analysis and Mining.
Reviewer, Academy of Management.
Honor distinction:
2010 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Sociological Research Institute, University of Minnesota.
